A team of Northwestern researchers, led by McCormick professor Harold Kung, has improved existing lithium-ion battery technology — the kind of battery used in phones, cars and computers — to store 10 times the charge while charging 10 times as fast.

A Northwestern student was mugged in front of Shepard Residential College late Saturday night. This is the first robbery in recent memory to occur in a central, well-trafficked area of the Evanston campus.